"We'll Sing in the Sunshine" is a 1964 hit song written and recorded by Gale Garnett which reached No. 2 in Canada, and No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending 17 October 1964.
It also enjoyed success on easy listening and country music radio stations, spending seven weeks at No. 1 on the BillboardEasy Listening chart and No. 42 on the country chart.
The Cash Box Top 100 ranked "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" at No. 1 for the week of 31 October 1964, and it also reached No. 1 in Garnett's native New Zealand that November. In Australia, "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" afforded Garnett a Top Ten hit with a No. 10 peak in October 1964.
In the song, a woman tells her would-be lover that she does not believe in long-term relationships. She says she will give him a year, then leave him, and assures him he will look back fondly on their year together.
Chart history
Weekly charts Gale Garnett Chart (1964) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) 10 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 1 Canada RPM Top Singles 2 New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) 1 U.S. BillboardHot 100 4 U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary 1 U.S. BillboardCountry 42 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 1 The Lancastrians Chart (1964–65) Peak position UK Singles (OCC) 44
LaWanda Lindsey Chart (1970) Peak position U.S. BillboardCountry 63 Helen ReddyChart (1978) Peak position Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 31 U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary 12 Year-end charts Chart (1964) RankU.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
Cover versions
In the UK, "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" was covered by The Lancastrians in a version produced by Shel Talmy and featuring guitar work from both Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan. It charted at No. 44 in the UK in December 1964.
https://youtu.be/gZ_Z4fLJ_Rw
Mark Wynter had a non-charting UK single release of "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" in 1966.
and Wanda Jackson covered it on her 1969 album The Happy Side of Wanda.
https://youtu.be/dUqXu1YQz_0
"We'll Sing in the Sunshine" was a minor C&W hit in 1970 for LaWanda Lindsey, reaching No. 63, serving as the title cut for Lindsey's album.
https://youtu.be/R8yjWlHBQ6g
Helen Reddy remade the song, with Kim Fowley producing, for her May 1978 album release We'll Sing in the Sunshine with the track being released as advance single on 28 March, with a special 1 March advance release in Hawaii, in hopes a new single release from Reddy would foment interest in the singer's high-profile Easter Sunday (26 March) Sheraton Waikiki shows, and also that a "sunshine" song might be afforded an early breakout in a tropical region.
https://youtu.be/aziBMFWAjwg
The single failed to arouse any evident Top 40 radio interest, becoming the first lead single from a Helen Reddy album to fall short of the Hot 100 in Billboard: "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" afforded Reddy her last Top 20 ranking on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. Reddy's live recording of "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" was featured on her concert album Live in London recorded at the Palladium in May 1978.
“We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” is a 1964 hit song written and recorded by Gale Garnett which reached No. 2 in Canada, and No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending 17 October 1964.
It also enjoyed success on easy listening and country music radio stations, spending seven weeks at No. 1 on the BillboardEasy Listening chart and No. 42 on the country chart.
The Cash Box Top 100 ranked “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” at No. 1 for the week of 31 October 1964, and it also reached No. 1 in Garnett’s native New Zealand that November. In Australia, “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” afforded Garnett a Top Ten hit with a No. 10 peak in October 1964.
In the song, a woman tells her would-be lover that she does not believe in long-term relationships. She says she will give him a year, then leave him, and assures him he will look back fondly on their year together.
Chart history
Weekly charts Gale Garnett Chart (1964) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) 10 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 1 Canada RPM Top Singles 2 New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) 1 U.S. BillboardHot 100 4 U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary 1 U.S. BillboardCountry 42 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 1 The Lancastrians Chart (1964–65) Peak position UK Singles (OCC) 44
LaWanda Lindsey Chart (1970) Peak position U.S. BillboardCountry 63 Helen ReddyChart (1978) Peak position Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 31 U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary 12 Year-end charts Chart (1964) RankU.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
Cover versions
In the UK, “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” was covered by The Lancastrians in a version produced by Shel Talmy and featuring guitar work from both Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan. It charted at No. 44 in the UK in December 1964.
We'll Sing in the Sunshine – The Lancastrians (w/ Barry Langtree)
Mark Wynter had a non-charting UK single release of “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” in 1966.
and Wanda Jackson covered it on her 1969 album The Happy Side of Wanda.
Wanda Jackson – We'll Sing In The Sunshine (1969)
“We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” was a minor C&W hit in 1970 for LaWanda Lindsey, reaching No. 63, serving as the title cut for Lindsey’s album.
LaWanda Lindsey "We'll Sing In The Sunshine"
Helen Reddy remade the song, with Kim Fowley producing, for her May 1978 album release We’ll Sing in the Sunshine with the track being released as advance single on 28 March, with a special 1 March advance release in Hawaii, in hopes a new single release from Reddy would foment interest in the singer’s high-profile Easter Sunday (26 March) Sheraton Waikiki shows, and also that a “sunshine” song might be afforded an early breakout in a tropical region.
We'll Sing In The Sunshine
The single failed to arouse any evident Top 40 radio interest, becoming the first lead single from a Helen Reddy album to fall short of the Hot 100 in Billboard: “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” afforded Reddy her last Top 20 ranking on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart. Reddy’s live recording of “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” was featured on her concert album Live in London recorded at the Palladium in May 1978.
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